Comments on: Beyond the Will and Inventory: Tracing Enslaved Ancestors Through Probatehttps://msualumni.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/beyond-the-will-and-inventory-tracing-enslaved-ancestors-through-probate/
Taking Back What Was Once LostSat, 28 Mar 2015 23:44:41 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Judi Carroll-Thompsonhttps://msualumni.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/beyond-the-will-and-inventory-tracing-enslaved-ancestors-through-probate/#comment-2918
Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:49:23 +0000http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-2918Excellent post and helps me develop a strategy for future research. I’m in the process of transcribing the Will of a previous slave owner that own a branch of my family in NW AL. He listed about 300 enslaved people in his Will of 1846. I heard he own as many as 700.
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Sun, 06 Oct 2013 02:49:59 +0000http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-2296Thanks for your post. Check out my blog:http://elder-busiswe.blogspot.com/2013/10/yassedi-finding-my-10th-grandmother.html
After obtaining information on the slave owner’s father and his wife from ancestry.com, I sent messages to the owners of the ancestry tree owners. A responder sent back the wife’s gift deeds.
Your suggestion of a chart or spreadsheet is excellent. The slaveowner’s father had so many children (14) and the wife deeded the enslaved Africans to her children. It will take time, further research ( I have only scratched the surface) and organization to go back another generation or two on my maternal line.
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Sat, 05 Oct 2013 16:51:52 +0000http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-2295Just started to follow u , great tips am sharing with my networks and getting great feedback from it, Thanks
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Sun, 02 Sep 2012 01:33:11 +0000http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-1517Linda, I appreciate your kudos greatly!
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Sun, 02 Sep 2012 01:28:36 +0000http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-1516Wow! Zenobia, you hit the jackpot with that find. Sometimes, lady luck is on our side;) What a jewel.

Robyn

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Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:53:32 +0000http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-1510An outlier perhaps, but I was able to find a treasure trove of info. by researching one of my ancestors’ slaveholding family through Google books. The result of my research was that there were published decisions from the Ga. Supreme Court regarding a dispute individuals within the slaveholding family were having regarding the disposition of a group of family slaves. The slaves were named, and their physical descriptions, age of each, and family groupings among the slaves were clearly outlined.
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Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:19:45 +0000http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-1506WOW! Another EXCELLENT post Robyn! Thank you so much for giving examples as to how you organize slave owner research. I love charts too and followed your example without any problems.

I haven’t done any probate research yet. But I plan to. I’e been having some very good success locating information about my ancestors via land records and by searching county clerk records in the areas my ancestors lived for recorded deeds, homestead apps, and affidavit of heirships. Again, THANKS!

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Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:03:45 +0000http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-1504The importance of tracking down every single scrap of paper in probate proceedings cannot be overstated. You never know what you’re going to find!

Great post, as usual. :)

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Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:26:36 +0000http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1372#comment-1502You have given good advice. I use a process similar to yours and highly recommend your tips in researching slave ancestors.
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